Lorne Greene
Biography
Lyon Himan Green, OC (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), known by his stage name Lorne Greene, was a Canadian actor. His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and subsequent TV Series Battlestar Galactica. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness, and in television commercials as a dog food spokesman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (29)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Gen. Sam Houston
1987
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
1986
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
as Theo
1986
Noah's Ark
as Noah (voice)
1986
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
as Self - Narrator
1984
Heidi's Song
as Grandfather (voice)
1982
Conquest of the Earth
as Cmdr. Adama
1980
A Time for Miracles
as Bishop John Carroll
1980
Klondike Fever
as Inspector Sam Steele
1980
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
as Cmdr. Adama
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Little Brown Burro
as Storyteller (voice)
1978
Battlestar Galactica
as Cmdr. Adama
1978
The Bastard
as Bishop Francis
1978
SST: Death Flight
as Marshall Cole
1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Wade Griffin
1978
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self
1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Matthew Arnold Watson
1977
Man on the Outside
as Wade Griffin
1975
Tidal Wave
as Ambassador Warren Richards
1975
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
1975
Wings in the Wilderness
as Self
1975
High Country Calling
1975
Earthquake
as Sam Royce
1974
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Hercule
1974
Sandy in Disneyland
as Self
1974
Grierson
as Self
1973
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
as Narrator
1972
Death Follows a Psycho
1972
TV Shows (21)
Highway to Heaven
as Fred Fusco
1984
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
as Narrator
1982
Police Squad!
as Stabbed Man
1982
Code Red
as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
1981
Aloha Paradise
1981
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1980
Galactica 1980
as Commander Adama
1980
Vega$
1978
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander Adama
1978
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Matthew Arnold Watson
1977
The Love Boat
as Buck Hamilton
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Roots
1977
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as George Quartermain
1976
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Griff
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
To the Wild Country
as Host
1972